Leaver

The Snoopy doesn't, but the deceased may have had a blasting great mouth, and that's what got him killed.

Sadly, justice is measured in baht here. Farang + Thai + Painter = 1 million baht.

How many here are so heavily invested financially, and emotionally, that they need to tell themselves, and their friends, that they are happy here? i have had a few people tell me they envy my situation of having nothing I can't sell, donate, or throw away, within 24 hours, and head to the airport. There's quite a few people that have imprisoned themselves in Pattaya / Thailand.

Well, there is the disease issue.

This is already disrupting the traditional lady drink / bar fine business model, and is sure to grow bigger and bigger in the future.

I wouldn't say it's losing its popularity, just the business model that delivers that type of entertainment is losing its popularity.

Did the rules of the game change after you married her?

How would you suggest one gets home after drinks in Central Pattaya, without riding / driving whilst intoxicated, getting ripped off?

The only reason they would be holding your leg is to put a toe tag on you.

No, YOU would be remiss. You are always banging the TQ drum.

Exactly. That's why we all have an interest in seeing Pattaya having a healthy and diverse tourism industry. Otherwise, all things farang that we currently take for granted could slowing disappear.

Why is that? They have no more rights here than someone on a 30 day visa exempt stamp.

I'm wondering if this suspected road rage "incident" was actually just a challenge for a race, particularly as the farang had a "custom" bike, and he didn't stay on the track for very long. Maybe no road rage at all.

The victim's family are British. Do you think they will accept blood money? Even if they did, Thailand runs the risk of the whole thing being exposed, from afar, should the family decide to go public. Should "the deal" be put to the Thai missus, and she accepts, I mean, why wouldn't she, what's stopping the family back in the UK going public with the injustice, also?

I researched foreign ownership of property on Thailand, thoroughly, before deciding it was not for me. Likewise, I researched the property market here, and found it was not a wise investment. You don't need to have your name on a piece of paper to be be able to comment on this subject.

Not many occupations where you can get an all expenses paid 3 month holiday a year, then do it again next week, with another customer. ????

What makes you so confident it is? Not just in this case, but in general.

The percentage is growing, rapidly. The more I look, the harder it is to find a flat nose in a bar these days. Chonburi could well become know as the tall nose province of Thailand. ????

I rent a decent condo in Pattaya. Not a penthouse, but not a shoebox, either. I have said on many occasions I have not intention of ever buying / building here. Is one considered as having "proper funds" if they join The Issan House Builders Club? ???? You impress me as someone who has bowed to their Thai partner's every wish, including land and house that you have no claim on. Indeed, the very example of the farang ATM, which further draws ridicule. I have no doubt that you laugh at others, who have done exactly as you have done, because your girl is "different." That's a big club also. ????

As I said, we will only ever get to know what the BiB release to the media, not just in this case, but in general. Many take that as fact, and it very well may be the truth, but not always. Just because the BiB announce it, doesn't always mean it's accurate, or factual. Sometimes, the facts can be altered for the judicial system, hence, the public, also.

Yes, jumps, but sometimes indirectly pushed, and sometimes actually pushed. ????

Yes, I took this rumor with a grain of salt, but did consider the possibility. I have suggested he was possibly high on drugs at the time, hence, the drive off, and surrender at a later time. I wonder if he would have committed the same crime, for the same action, if the rider was Thai, and not a farang. We will never know.

It's the end of the line for many. It's where they see out their days until the big Temple BBQ.

She wouldn't tell a Thai husband where to live. ????

Yeah, really.